Barker v. State

The offense is operating a motor vehicle upon a public road while intoxicated, second offense; the punishment, 5 months in jail and a fine of $100.

Highway Patrolman Durrough testified that appellant “was driving all over the road and running cars off the road” when he observed the car, pursued and stopped it and, after observing appellant and concluding that he was intoxicated, placed him in the patrol car and took him to the Gladewater Police Station.

Patrolman Durrough testified that at his request, and in his presence, a blood specimen was taken from appellant by a nurse at the Leake…